Nepal, Oct. 13 -- Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sobita Gautam has pledged to gradually amend existing laws and policies to promote geography-friendly and safe infrastructure for disaster risk reduction.

Addressing the inauguration of the Fifth National Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction here today, the minister said recent major floods in Nepal had compelled the country to take disaster warnings from experts seriously.

"Over the past 15 years, nature has repeatedly given us indications of unexpected events. Disaster experts had warned that Nepal was at risk, advocating reforms in laws and structures. However, the recent floods in Rasuwa created a situation in which we were compelled to take such warnings seriou...